The better the product, the more often it is counterfeited. This fate has not been spared on cell phones of the Nokia brand. By purchasing a fake, the buyer runs the risk of getting a device that lacks most of the functions of the original, and which, moreover, is not reliable enough.
Instructions
Step 1
The myth that counterfeit phones are always labeled with an error (eg NOKLA) is fundamentally wrong. Many of them have markings that are indistinguishable from the original in writing, so never be guided by this sign when determining a fake. The only exception is the way this marking is applied: sometimes (but not always) the Nokia word on the casing is clearly different in color from all other inscriptions. This is the most rude fake, made from a phone of another brand (most often - Haier) using a laser machine.
Step 2
Sometimes counterfeiters expose themselves by putting on the phone inscriptions that are completely unrelated to Nokia. This can be, for example, the Vaio trademark located on the back of a mobile phone (its owner is not Nokia at all, but Sony, and even then it is actually used not on phones, but on laptops).
Step 3
If a device with a touchscreen responds not to a light touch on the screen, but to a rather strong pressure on it, then the sensitive element is not capacitive, but resistive. This solution does not apply to real Nokia smartphones. Also, a sure sign of a fake is the presence of a touchscreen in such a phone, where in fact it should not be at all, or icons printed under the display that react to pressing in the same way as the screen itself.
Step 4
If your phone has GPS, launch the built-in mapping application. Did it open suspiciously quickly, and the map turned out to be a fake and it was impossible to move and scale it? You have a gross fake in your hands. Also launch the Ovi Store app: the fake phone will launch the Chinese MRP Store instead.
Step 5
Analog TV tuners are never found in real Nokia phones. Having found one, be sure: this is a fake. Check your camera: if it is only capable of taking pictures with a much lower resolution than indicated on the body, also refrain from buying a mobile phone. If the specification of the phone says about the presence of Wi-Fi, GPS, DVB-H and other modern functions, but in fact they are not, you also ran into a fake. Also, counterfeit manufacturers instead of the real Symbian OS put on their devices OS of their own design, which is similar to Symbian only in appearance, but in fact is a single task.
Step 6
Keep in mind that even a used genuine Nokia phone will last significantly longer than a new fake one, and it will probably cost as much. By the way, you will hardly find a used counterfeit machine on sale - it will break earlier.
